Bm

Verse 1

E Riding North on Interstate 75
With a nervous fading beauty sitting by his side
A And a pistol that he usEed to pave the way
B7 Down the long black stretches of a dark highway

Verse 2

E Ray bought his future with a pound of lead
When he robbed a liquor store and left the clerk for dead
A That kid should have put theE money in the sack
B7 But he didn't and now there ain't no turning back

Chorus 1

A He's a desperateE rider, he's a Jesse James
A The best that he could hopeE for is a household name
A There ain't noEbody that a man can trust
B7 When all his heaEdlines read, notorious
A There ain't noEbody that a man can trust
B7 When all his heaEdlines read, notorious

Verse 3

E They pulled out of ? about12 o'clock
Took the heatstroke with the lights off to avoid the road block
A Ray killed the motor at tEhe county line
B7 Changed his Tennessee plates to a lost tag sign

Verse 4

E She would never ask what the boy had done
But said she'd be his hostage if he needed one
A Her momma raised her tEo be loyal and true
B7 And she figured that's the least that she could do

Chorus 2

A She was lost Eand lonely on a midnight ride
A Reluctant BonniEe to a poorman's Clyde
A It ain't too easy Ewhen the man you love
B7 Has got a reputatEion that's notorious
A It ain't too easy Ewhen the man you love
B7 Has got a reputatEion that's notorious

Verse 5

E They were just outside of Knoxville when the lights flashed on
And the siren's starting howling like hell houndogs
A Ray popped that FirebirEd into overdrive
B7 And swore he'd never let them take him alive

Chorus 3

A He was a desperaEte rider, he was Jesse James
A The best that he'd ever hope Efor was a household name
A The morning papEers didn't say too much
B7 But his obitEuairy read, notorious
A The caption by his pictuEre didn't say too much
B7 But his obitEuairy read, notorious
A The caption by his pictuEre didn't say too much
B7 But his obitEuairy read, notorious
Written by Steve Clark,Johnny Mac Rae
performed by Confederate Railroad.
Intro and the average way they play during the song:

Verse 1

D I remember waking in the morning
A To the sound of the rooster's crow
Mamma cooking in the kitchen
D Arthur Godfrey on the radio

Verse 2

D Me and Dad were just like strangers
A We never did see eye to eye
Came to blows one Sunday morning
DF SC/Go i paDcked my bags and i said goodbye

Chorus

Em When you leave that way you can never go back
A A train won't run on a torn uDp track
GD SomeEmtimes i wish i'd never roamed,oh no
A 'cause when you leave that way you can never Dgo home

Verse 3

D Then i met a girl in Knoxville
A Oh,we set our wedding day
I left her standing at the alter
D With a baby on the way
Chorus.

Bridge

G Lord i'd loAve to see my momD and daddy
G And what iA'd give to hold thBmat boy of mine
G I'd get doAwn on my knees and iD say i'm sorry
E If i could only go back onAe more time

Verse 4

D But i killed a man in Houston
A When he caught me with his wife
And i told the preacher man to leave me alone
D When he came to read my rights

Chorus bis

Em He said son,when you leave this way you can never come back
A A soul won't roll on a torn uDp track
GD AEmll through eternity you'll roam alone
A 'cause when you leave this way you can never coDme home
GD AEmll through eternity you'll roam alone
A 'cause when you leave this way you can never coBmme home

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